Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA

On January 31, 2014, 20 international teachers from 20 different countries arrived on GMU campus to participate in a six-week professional development program including an internship at an area public school. Dr. Farnoosh Shahrokhi received the 2014 Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA); funded by the Department of State’s Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau.The grant is a result of longtime collaboration between the EDLE Program and Center for International Education under the leadership of Dr. Beverly Shaklee.

Teachers from 20 countries who arrived on campus to participate in a six-week professional development program, funded by the Department of State’s Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau, which includes an internship at an area public school. Dr. Farnoosh Shahrokhi, who led the group pictured, received the 2014 Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA). Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University